Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed WHtR (odds ratio [OR] = 1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14–1.42), BRI (OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.05–1.14), CoI (OR = 1.36, 95% CI: 1.18–1.56), ABSI (OR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.12–1.33), and BMI (OR = 1.03, 95% CI: 1.02–1.05) were significantly associated with female infertility. CoI had the best diagnostic performance (area under the ROC curve 0.628, 95% CI: 0.597–0.658). …”
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Wilson’s Disease: Diagnosis of Wilson’s Disease in Ethiopian Young Sisters by Nebiyu Bekele, Frew Ewnetu, Tigest Hailu, Zerubabel Tegegne, Abilo Tadesse

“…Diagnosis of Wilson’s disease was established in both patients using a diagnostic scoring system proposed by “8th International Meeting on Wilson Disease and Menkes Disease, Leipzig (2001).” …”
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Elevated CA-125 as Humoral Biomarker of Congestive Heart Failure: Illustrative Cases and a Short Review of Literature by Attila Frigy, Boglárka Belényi, Ádám Kirchmaier, Nándor Fekete, István Adorján Szabó

“…Humoral biomarkers in HF are capable to reflect different aspects of the cardiac morpho-functional changes and the related pathophysiological processes and could have important diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutical roles. CA-125 is a well-known tumor marker (mainly for ovarian cancer), and also a useful, but less applied cardiac biomarker. …”
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Study of cultural properties of canine enteric coronavirus isolate in different cell cultures by A. A. Komarova, T. S. Galkina

“…It was concluded that CRFK and FS cells can be used for the propagation of viral material to develop diagnostic tools and vaccines against canineenteric coronavirus.…”
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A Hierarchical Probabilistic Framework for Recognizing Learners’ Interaction Experience Trends and Emotions by Imène Jraidi, Maher Chaouachi, Claude Frasson

“…The framework combines three modality diagnostic variables that sense the learner’s experience including physiology, behavior, and performance, predictive variables that represent the current context and the learner’s profile, and a dynamic structure that tracks the evolution of the learner’s experience. …”
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CLINICAL CASE OF TREATMENT OF INVASIVE UROTHELIAL CANCER OF THE UPPER URINARY TRACT. PROBLEMS OF COMBINED TREATMENT by A. A. Klimenko, I. P. Kostyuk, O. B. Karyakin, S. A. Moserov, Z. N. Shavladze, I. N. Zaborsky, V. S. Chaykov, M. E. Tarasova

“…The patient was under strict dynamic control, during which diagnostic procedures were carried out, which allowed time to identify the progression of the underlying disease and prescribe timely treatment of identifi ed relapses.At the first stage, the patient underwent surgical radical treatment to remove the primary tumor focus localized in the lower third of the right ureter. …”
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Infantile and Juvenile Morbidity in Psychiatric Inpatients at Cienfuegos Province by Beatriz Sabina Roméu, Zenaida María Sáez, María Leyani Fuentes García, Niusha Imiya Hernández Muñoz, Daimí Sarmiento García

“…Suicide attempt represented half 50,9 % of all the diagnostic cases. 61,7% of them belonged to the age group 11 to 14 years of age and equal percentage to the age group that included ages 15 – 18, being females 66,6% of these cases . 31,7 % of the preschoolers suffered from hyperkinetic disorders and 34 % of the school children presented with emotional disturbances. …”
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Liver Injury Patterns and Hepatic Toxicity among People Living with and without HIV and Attending Care in Urban Uganda by Clara Wekesa, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Gregory D. Kirk, Ponsiano Ocama

“…The evaluation of the patterns of liver injury, derived from liver chemistry panels, often may narrow on probable causes of the liver insult especially when coupled with clinical history, examination, and other diagnostic tests. Methods. Among people living with and without HIV and attending care, we used the R ratio to evaluate for liver injury patterns. …”
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Characterization of the geriatric patient with thyroid nodules by Jessica González Manreza, Gloría María Monné Rodríguez, Carlos Gaspar de Zayas Galván, Ángela Ramírez Torres, Erifran Hidalgo Garcés

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the high prevalence of thyroid diseases, especially in the elderly, makes it necessary to perform a screening for ultrasound diagnosis, as it is a beneficial, reliable and low-cost diagnostic test in Primary Health Care.</p>…”
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Orthodontic Treatment Characteristics and Outcomes in an Educational Setting by T. Al-Jewair, V. Ryan, S. Warunek

“…Independent chart reviews were conducted to gather demographic and pretreatment diagnostic information. Posttreatment digital records were graded with the ABO C-R Eval and the CCA methods. …”
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Incidental Detection of Adrenal Myelolipoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Junaid Nabi, Danish Rafiq, Fatema N. Authoy, Ghulam Nabi Sofi

“…Although mostly discovered as an “incidentaloma”, the diagnosis of adrenal myelolipoma warrants thorough diagnostic study. Imaging techniques such as ultrasonography and CT scans as well as biochemical studies are useful for indicating the best treatment taking into account the size of the mass and possible hormone production. …”
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Blastoid Variant Mantle Cell Lymphoma Expressing Aberrant CD3 and CD10 with Concurrent Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Establishment of a Clonal Relationship by B- and T-Cell Receptor... by Christopher L. Felten, Joel A. Chan, Dulce R. DeCastro, Jean Lopategui, Swapnil P. Rajurkar

“…Expression of multiple aberrant antigens and concurrent lymphomas of different classifications can cause a diagnostic challenge. Awareness of such a presentation and integration of the data from morphologic evaluation, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and FISH studies is required for proper diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy.…”
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The Close Relationship between Large Bowel and Heart: When a Colonic Perforation Mimics an Acute Myocardial Infarction by Maria Francesca Secchi, Carlo Torre, Giovanni Dui, Francesco Virdis, Mauro Podda

“…Its incidence varies in frequency from 0.016% to 0.21% for diagnostic procedures, but may be seen in up to 5% of therapeutic colonoscopies. …”
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Designing a Registration System for Kidney Transplant Patients with BK Virus Infection in the Transplant Centers of Isfahan Province: Objectives, Design, and Introducing Under Stud... by Mojgan Mortazavi, Firouzeh Moinzadeh, Shahrzad Shahidi, Shiva Seyrafian, Shahram Taheri, Mehdi Khajeh Azad

“…Results: The checklist was finalized in three sections: 1) demographic variables (age, gender, education,…), 2) clinical variables (primary cause of kidney failure, disease history, history of kidney disease in the family, laboratory and diagnostic parameters, clinical manifestations…), and 3) microbiologic information of BK virus infection. …”
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Risks of Online Health Information Seeking: Adaptation of the OHISS in the Russian Sample by A.A. Maksimenko, A.A. Zolotareva

“…Empirical data obtained using the Online Health Information Seeking Scale allow us to consider the adapted scale as a psychometrically sound diagnostic instrument and recommend it for solving practical and research tasks.…”
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Metastatic Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer Presenting Clinically with Esophageal Dysphagia by Lilit Karapetyan, Heather Laird-Fick, Reuben Cuison

“…The patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy which revealed diffuse punctate lesions on the peritoneum. …”
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Nanomaterials: Promising Tools for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocardial Infarction by Ge Y, Wu L, Mei S, Wu J

“…Rapid diagnosis and effective treatment are critical for improving patient prognosis. Although current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches have made significant progress, they still face challenges such as ischemia-reperfusion injury, microcirculatory disorders, adverse cardiac remodeling, and inflammatory responses. …”
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Implementation of the pancasila student profile strengthening project on sustainable lifestyle themes by Tri Agus Tiyani, Zaka Hadikusuma Ramadan

“…The research results show that the implementation of the P5 sustainable lifestyle theme at SDN 04 Bungaraya was carried out in 3 stages: planning stage, implementation stage and evaluation stage. 1) The planning stage includes several activities, namely preparing the learning ecosystem, designing P5, designing modules, and preparing facilities and infrastructure; 2) The implementation stage includes project introduction, conceptual, contextual and project action; 3) The evaluation stage includes diagnostic assessment, formal assessment, summative assessment, and follow-up. …”
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PM10 Source Identification: A Case of a Coastal City in Colombia by Leandro Gómez-Plata, Dayana Agudelo-Castañeda, Margarita Castillo, Elba C. Teixeira

“…Enrichment Factor analysis revealed that Mg, P, S, Cu, and Pb were highly/moderately enriched indicating the substantial contribution of anthropogenic sources. Results of diagnostic ratios and PMF receptor model of the spatially obtained data suggested major sources of PM10 as traffic-related emissions, heavy fuel oil combustion, biomass burning, and industrial processes. …”
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Estimation of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Production from New Molecularly Characterized Rhizobacterial Strains by Mohammed Ayad Harbawi, Najwa Ibrahim Khaleel Al-Barhawee

“…It should be noted that in the diagnostic isolate R. pickettii both A and T were deleted, G was replaced by C and T was added at position 508. …”
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